Box-fastening.



J. M. RAPPEL.

BOX FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.B,1912.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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' T STA JACOB lvI. RAFFEL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOX-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application filed February 8, 1912. Serial No. 676,218.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB M. RAFFEL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a fastening shield and cord guide for paper or similar boxes, and has as an object the production of a new and improved article of this nature.

The device of my invention, in its pre ferred form, consists of a strap composed of any suitable material as thin annealed sheet steel or brass, or some other composition having similar properties. This strap is secured to the wall of the box near its top edge. lVhen the cover is in place, the free end of the strap is folded over the edge of the cover and bent down so that it rests against the top edge of the cover, holding it in place.

In the embodiment shown, one end of the strap is aflixed to the top edge of the side wall of the box. The free portion of the strap is extended downward, resting against the outer face of the side wall near its top edge. The flange of the cover overlies and incloses this portion of the strap. After the cover is in place, the strap is turned upward about the lower edge of the flange and the free end of the strap is folded down on the top surface of the cover. The exposed surface of the folded portion is preferably corrugated, grooved or notched to receive a wrapping cord or band by means of which the box closure, as thus described, is strengthened and reinforced. The notches serve to prevent slipping of the band.

In the accompanying drawing I have saown a box to which has been applied a fastening embodying the various features of my invention in their preferred form.

Figure l is an isometric view of the box with the straps affixed, the cover being re moved. One these straps is in upright position, the other has been bent down into the position which it occupies ust prior to seating the cover. The other is in upright position as first applied. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-section showing the relation of the fastening strap, the cover flange and bindin cord or band and box wall. Fig. 3 is an isometric view showing the strap in the form which it takes when the cover is in place and fastened. The cover and box are omitted for purposes of illustration. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of another embodiment of my invention, showing a fastening with the notches or corrugations omitted.

Referring to the drawings, the box inclicated in a general way by reference character 1, may be of any suitable shape and material.

or engages the upper portions of the box walls or sides when the cover is in place. The straps ii are secured to the box walls in any convenient manner, preferably near their top edges, bystitching, riveting or pasting, or other means 5. These straps, as shown, are corrugated, notched or grooved at 6, but the corrugations may be omitted, as illustrated in Fig. 4:.

In Fig. 1, I have shown the straps, of which any number may be used, one upright in the position which it may occupy when first applied, the other bent down over the edge of the box ready to receive the cover;

vVhen the cover is seated, a section 7 of the strap is inclosed between the flange and the surface of the box wall. After the cover is seated, the free portion of the strap is turned up and folded over the top of the cover at 8. After the fastening is thus placed, it is preferably reinforced by a band or cord 9 passing around the box, and which may be seated in the grooves 6 to prevent lateral displacement of the cord.

The fastening thus constructed serves as a shield to the edges of the box and cover, so that great tension can be applied to the cord without destroying and weakening the edges of the box. The folded metal strap also serves to hold the top edge of the box wall in engagement with the cover flange or the edge of the cover and thus prevents caving in of the sides of the box.

I have thus described in minute detail a single embodiment of my invention in order that its nature and operation may be clearly understood; but the specific terms herein are used in their descriptive rather than in their limiting sense, and the scope of the invention is defined in the claim.

I claim- A package consisting of a paper box and a flanged cover, the flange inclosing the top edges of the box walls, the fastening consisting of a strap of non-resilient metal secured at one end to the side wall of the box It is provided with a cover 2, I preferably having a flange 3 which 111010885 Copies of this patent may be obtained for end bent over the top of the box so that it" rests on the top surface of the cover, the top surface of the end portion of the strap being notched or grooved to receive a Wrapping cord or band, and a cord Wrapped around the box resting I in the groove and holding the cover and fastening strap in position.

Signed by me at city of Baltimore, State ofMaryland, this 30th day of January 1912. 15

JACOB M. RAFFEL.

Vitnesses:

EDWARD L. BASH, EDWIN F. SAMUELS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents.

Washington, D. C. 

